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Alaska: And The Earth Shook Under My Feet

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At the end, she asked the room to reflect quietly and write down “What conversation are willing to commit to bring back to your organization?&# The room was silent for five minutes – no talking. We had a fantastic conversation about the role of leadership in changing the culture of the organization.

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Storytelling for Grant Writers: 10 Tactical & Stylistic Tips

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While you should avoid “positivity whitewashing” your community’s problems in a way that obscures your organization’s need for resources, your proposal should reflect an urgent, forward-looking position rather than get stalled out in problems. There are nuanced distinctions between strength- and deficit-based writing.

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We’re listening: Updates to the race and ethnicity options on the Candid profile

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For example, since 1997 federal standards have called for the collection of data on Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander identity separate from Asian identity, and included “Alaska Native” in the category for American Indians. At Candid, we’re honored to play a role in enabling and supporting the sector to track its progress.

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A History of How Modern ESG Came to Be

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Additionally, this decade saw several environmental disasters at the hands of companies including a massive oil spill in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Read more about the history of Earth Day here. . . This disaster in particular lead to the founding of the Coalition of Environmentally Responsible Companies, also known as CERES.

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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

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So many of these women are local leaders, and Women's Global Green Action Network is attempting to provide a space for women to step into roles of being global advocates, and to really have a more prevalent platform for the messages and the work that they are doing. We do it in a number of ways. It was really tremendous.

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